CPM Resource Center's 19th International Conference to Focus on Sustainable Healthcare Transformation

Annual Conference to be Held Jan. 19-22, 2011, and Focus on Transforming Healthcare Through Evidence-Based Clinical Content, Partnerships and Technology

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, September 1, 2010 - CPM Resource Center (CPMRC) (www.cpmrc.com), an Elsevier company
and leader in assisting healthcare organizations improve practice at the
point of care, today announced that its 19th International Conference
(www.cpmrc.com/consortium/conference) will take place Jan. 19-22,
2011, at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco. The conference will
highlight the innovations and substantial progress healthcare professionals
are making in bridging evidence-based clinical content (
www.cpmrc.com/solutions/integrated-solution), partnerships and
technology for a healthy integrated healthcare system.

"The essence of transformation and the real innovation and hope for
healthcare will be brought to life by our conference presenters, the leaders
who have deeply studied and implemented major sustainable change within their
organizations," said Diane Hanson, RN, BSN, MM, Executive Vice President and
General Manager, CPMRC. "Powerful stories, new tools and methodologies will
be shared to deepen insights and accelerate healthcare transformation
outcomes."

Executive leaders, clinicians, researchers, educators and
innovators will be able to network and actively engage with key decision
makers and discuss professional practice, culture transformation, and
meaningful health information technology adoption in a dynamic conference
community, representing nearly 300 healthcare settings.

The 19th International Conference (
www.cpmrc.com/consortium/conference) will include keynote addresses
by:

    - Bonnie Wesorick, MSN, RN, DPNAP, FAAN, CPMRC Founder and Chairman
      Emeritus: "The Essence of Transformation, the Real Innovation and
      Hope for Healthcare: Lessons Learned from Dee Hock, a Transformation
      Sage"

    - Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, appointed member of the U.S. National
      Health Information Technology Policy Committee: "Innovation and
      Collaboration"

    - David Brailer, MD, PhD, known as the first "health information czar"
      and former National Health Information Technology Coordinator:
      "Innovation and Healthcare Transformation"

    - Michelle Troseth, MSN, RN, DPNAP, CPMRC Executive Vice President and
      Chief Professional Practice Officer: "Call for Innovation" and
      "National, Regional and Local Healthcare Transformation: It's All
      Connected"

In addition, attendees can look forward to more than 60 member
presentations and educational workshops covering a wide range of topics
related to practice, education, technology adoption, physician and team
engagement, evidence-based tools and outcomes (
www.cpmrc.com/framework/outcomes). New at the 2011 conference is the
Innovation Jamboree, an opportunity for attendees to share and test
innovations about healthcare, culture, professional practice and technology.

"The passing of ARRA (www.cpmrc.com/resources/arra) and
Healthcare Reform calls for new innovations. We need innovation in bettering
health professions education, in achieving clinical integration across the
continuum of care, in accelerating HIT adoption, and perhaps most
importantly, in achieving meaningful use criteria moving forward," said Dr.
Delaney. "Participants will learn the latest innovative efforts that are
required for sustainable healthcare transformation and ways of achieving
greater quality of care."

Attendees will include members of diverse rural, community,
academic and health system hospitals and healthcare organizations that are
active members of the CPMRC International Consortium (
www.cpmrc.com/consortium/overview), as well as others interested in
creating the best places to give and receive healthcare.

For more information about the 19th International Conference, please
visit www.cpmrc.com/consortium/conference/.

About CPMRC

For more than 25 years, the CPM Resource Center
(www.cpmrc.com) has been offering evidence-based, interdisciplinary
clinical practice guidelines, care planning and documentation at the point of
care. Based on the CPM Framework(TM) (www.cpmrc.com/framework/overview
), these EMR compatible and web-based solutions are developed and maintained
by expert interdisciplinary colleagues, and tested/validated through a
Consortium (www.cpmrc.com/consortium/overview) of nearly 300 member
hospitals. In addition, the company offers Practice Transformation services
to assist organizations with clinical practice advancement, team-based care
and EMR implementation and adoption. CPMRC is a business unit of Elsevier,
the world's leading provider of science and health information. For more
information, visit www.cpmrc.com.

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